The strips may have a tendency to distort as you press them.įor this reason, two cutting methods exist to create the blocks in this quilt. While this method is fast, it can lead to inaccurate seams, as pressing long strips of fabric can be difficult. One of the great things about precut rolls of fabric is that you can sew multiple strips of fabric together and then cut them into smaller pieces, saving you a lot of time while piecing. This quilt is made with 2 ½″ strips from my Spooky Schoolhouse fabric collection with Riley Blake Designs, which makes it a Halloween quilt! You can, however, make it from any fabric you like, but the quilt’s texture makes it perfect for Halloween and Fall! Construction Process This block is similar to the Half Square Triangle String Block tutorial that I shared YEARS ago, but the math is simpler and more straightforward. The half-square triangles in the quilt are made by first sewing the strips of fabric together, then creating a square, and then creating the half-square triangle using the two-at-a-time method.

This quilt is constructed using three different shades of Sparkler fabric for the background, which gives the quilt a cool tonal texture and is a great alternative to sewing with all of the same background fabric.

The scrappy triangles quilt can be made from a variety of leftover 2 ½″ precut strips, or it can be made using one 2 ½″ Rolie Polie of fabric (sometimes called a Jelly Roll). Today, I have a special guest tutorial for you! Traci of Quilted Imperfection is sharing with us how she makes her scrappy quilts! You may remember that she created this Wonky Log Cabin quilt for us several years ago. For the courthouse steps layout, add 3 strips to opposite sides instead of 2.Create a snuggly lap quilt out of 3 yards of fabric and a Jelly Roll of fabric with our free Scrappy Triangles Quilt Pattern! NOTE: The traditional layout for hexagons requires using partial seams (marked red in the diagram below).

Hexagon Log Cabin Block – Sew strips around a hexagon in the same manner as for the traditional log cabin block or courthouse steps block.

Rhombus Log Cabin Block (diamond shape) – Sew strips around a diamond in the same manner as for the traditional log cabin block or courthouse steps block.

The concept of creating modern blocks is the same as for the traditional log cabin block & its variations, but instead of using a square for the center, you can use all kinds of other shapes – Diamonds, hexagons, triangles, rectangles, pentagons and even improvised shapes. So, you basically work from corner to corner rather than from the center out. It’s created by adding strips to only 2 sides of a center square instead of all the way around. Quarter log cabin is another common variation of the traditional log cabin block. To make this block, sew 2 strips to opposite sides of a center square, then add 2 strips to the remaining sides continue adding stripes in the same order. They create different quilt layouts and effects depending on the color, contrast, and placement.Ĭourthouse steps block is a variations of the traditional log cabin block, created by sewing strips in pairs instead of a circular motion. These blocks are very simple but so versatile. Traditional log cabin quilt blocks are made of dark and light strips of fabric that are sewn around a small square in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction.

Log cabin quilt layout ideas